The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-05
MKT NATIONAL CONVENTION.

IuleB governing tho cholec Of GeleRates 10
tho Republican National Convention Of
1883, the time when they should DO chosen
and how. ,l@7y
The Convention Of lSsoleit these details
10 the National Committee, prescribing
only that the rules adopted "should In.
clude and eecuro to tho several Congress.
siousl districts the right TO elect their own
delegated" 1t, however, directed that the
National Committee then appointed
ehould within twelyemonth thereafter
adopt . method for The election OF such
delrgsteat nnnonncait to the country, and
in proper timo ifaue the call for the Con.
vention In conformity herewith. On tho
12sh OF December, 1889, the call appeared
fixing June 8, 1884 Us tho date for the
meeting Of tho Convention. The call
directed:
a Fret. That the delegstca.at.large uhalt
BIO chosen by popular delegate state con.
ventions, called on not less than twenty
days published notice and held not more
than Gixty days before the timo fixed for
the meeting OF the National Convention.
Second. Thst tho Republicans Of the
various Congressional districts ehali have
tho option OF elecling their delegates at
separate popular delegate conventions,
called on similar notice and held In the
diEtricts at any timo within the fifteen
days next prior 10 the meeting Of the state
conventions, or by sdb-divisions Of the
state conventions into district conventions
and such delegates shall be chosen In the
latter method il not elected previous to
the meeting Of the state conventions. All
district de!egatea to DO accredited by the
officers Of such district conventions. u
Two delegates shall be- allowed from
each Territory and from the District Of
Columbia, similarly Chosen.
Under this call The Convention Of 1884
was created. Z. q
In that Convention the Committee on
Rules reported exactly tho came clause
for the calling Of the Convention Of 1855
IS had been adopted By the Convention Of
1880. This proposed to give the National
Committee exactly the same power 1t had
previously had, conferred by the same
words aud limited by the like phrase
| While this report was pending in tho Con.
vention Mr.. Grow made amotion 10 strike
out this rnle mo. 10y and insert substi.
tute, which, after 3 brief snd incomplete
explanation Of It's effect, was unanimously
agreed to.
This rule took from the National Com.
miltee the discretion Heretofore given it.
and directed thst the National Committee
ahsll include in their call for the Conyen.
ton OF 1858 these provisions: q
Frat. That the call for tho meeting Of
the National Convention shall be issued
by the said committee six mouths at least
before the time for the meeting Of the
Convention. ia 49, ;;ii5ff &.
Second. That delegates at large for each
State aud their aiternstes shall bs elected
by State Conventions In their respective
StateR. w. D sl = 3
Third. That each Congressional district
| shall elect its delegates and alternates Ia
the National Convention Tin the eane
way as tho nomination ef o member oil
Congress is made in said d;a.rict." /,
Fourth. That in the Territories the DEL
egates to the Convention shsll be elected
| in the same way as tho nomination Of del.
egates in Congress lie made.
Fifth. That the National Committee
shall prescribe the mode of e.ecsing any
delesateu for the District OF Columbia
| The text Of the rules is this, as officially
printed in the procs sdings, PIP. 1913:
"Ssid [National1 Committee shall Issue
the call Tor the meeting Of the National
Convention six months at lsaas before the
time fixed for said meeting; and each Con.
OCCASIONAL dEtriet IN the United States
shall elect its delegates to the National
Convention in the game way as tho nomi-
nation oil 3 member OF Congress is made
in said district; and In the Territories the
delegated to the Convention shall be elect.
ed in the came way as the nomination vi
delegates to Congress is made; and caid
National Committee shall prescribe the
mode for elec.iDg delegates for the Dis.
trict OF Columbia. An alternate delegate
for each delegate to tho National Conyen-
ton, to act in case OF the absence OF the
delegate, shall be elected in the same
manner and at the same time az the dele.
gate is elected. And tho deleeates-a!-
large for each State and their alternatee
shall ho elected By Slate Conventions in
their respective States" 1a &.
1t will BIO obzerved that the rule is
] Btricsy silent as to the times q. which
State or district conventions for tile cleo.
ticn OF delegates H.ay be held, except 60
| far as ths. district conventions may BE- con-
trolled by the provision that those dele.
Retea must be chosen sin tho same way''
as Representatives Ia Congress are nomi.
| mated. y. II ri Z H. rs i
The new rule ia moro precise than the
preceding as to the representative dele.
gates in this respect, that there Is now no
option as to the method. Formerly rep.
reseatative detegates might be chosen cot
separate popular delegate conventional
called on prescribed notice and held prior
to the meeting Of State Conventions. II
not 80 chosen they were required to be
! chosen at the Stale Conventions ''by Sub.
divisions Of tho State Conventions into
district conventions" Thin option has
ceased. Representative delegates must
now be chosen in the '.same way" as Rep
resentatiyes in Congress- arc nominated,
and without definite limit as to time, but
leuppose the time Tor the .diecharre of
this trust should bear like relation to
the Convention that a Representatives.
nomination in each distric. bears to the
election. S. 4 ii-,7
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